I keep watching youtube tutorials and I use them to learn how to import new additions to my game but every tutorial for datastore creates a new leaderstat, (New Cash or Money in the leaderboard). How do I make a script where it saves data from a pre-existing leaderstat?
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This script is FAR from perfect. I just wrote it up based on a data store I created a while back.
This would be a “Script” underneath ServerScriptService.
Line 3 the “StartTable” name the stuff in [“”] to whatever the values name is underneath leaderstats. Currently this save system only supports numberValues.
There are a whole bunch of stuff I know could be better, like 15 data store save requests all at the same time is worse then spreading it out. Nothing deletes the PlayerTable of a person when they leave the game either. I’m just to lazy to fix those because it’s not too big of a deal. Your players may experience some data loss, but hopefully it won’t be more then 30 seconds worth of it.
It is likely that this could error, I haven’t tested this out yet. Just post the output if it does and I’ll help you fix the problem.
local DataStore = game:GetService("DataStoreService")
local InfoStore = DataStore:GetDataStore("MySaveSystem")
local StartTable = { ["Money"] = 0, ["Level"] = 0}
local PlayerTables = {}
local settable = function(player)
local f = player:WaitForChild("leaderstats")
for key, value in pairs(PlayerTables[player]) do
if f:FindFirstChild(key) then
f:FindFirstChild(key).Value = value
else
print("There is no key named " .. key .. "underneath the leaderstats folder")
end
end
end
game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
local UniqueKey = "YumDevelopersDataFor" .. plr.UserId
local data = {}
local success, CurrentStuff = pcall(function()
return InfoStore:GetAsync(UniqueKey)
end)
if success then
if CurrentStuff == nil then
data = StartTable
InfoStore:SetAsync(UniqueKey, data)
else
data = CurrentStuff
end
for key, value in pairs(StartTable) do
local There = false
for key2, value2 in pairs(data) do
if key == key2 then
There = true
end
end
if There == false then
data[key] = 0
end
end
PlayerTables[plr] = data
settable(plr)
else
print("Error loading")
end
end)
game.Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(function(plr)
local f = plr:FindFirstChild("leaderstats")
for key, value in pairs(PlayerTables[plr]) do
if f:FindFirstChild(key) then
PlayerTables[plr][key] = f:FindFirstChild(key).Value
else
print("There is no key named " .. key .. "underneath the leaderstats folder")
end
end
InfoStore:SetAsync("YumDevelopersDataFor" .. plr.UserId, PlayerTables[plr])
end)
while true do
wait(30)
local players = game.Players:GetPlayers()
for i = 1, #players do
local plr = players[i]
local f = plr:FindFirstChild("leaderstats")
for key, value in pairs(PlayerTables[plr]) do
if f:FindFirstChild(key) then
PlayerTables[plr][key] = f:FindFirstChild(key).Value
else
print("There is no key named " .. key .. "underneath the leaderstats folder")
end
end
InfoStore:SetAsync("YumDevelopersDataFor" .. players[i].UserId, PlayerTables[players[i]])
end
end
Edit: It’s getting fairly late for me It may take me till the morning to reply.
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I’ve inserted the script into ServerScriptService. The value/leaderstat is already Money so I left it as that - this is the error that came up. (Top one)
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Sorry yea, I missed an end). I edited my previous post.
Oh okay, thanks, I’ll try it now.
I guess this is what I get for not testing it myself.
I just refrenced player incorrectly I fixed my previous post, if you want to you can just go to line 8 and change PlayerTables[plr] to PlayerTables[player]
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Okay, if there’s any problems after you don’t have to fix them straight away if it’s late for you by the way - it’s late for me too so I probably won’t mess with it much after this one until tomorrow. Thanks.
That’s currently the error:
I apologize for the amount of replies/work you’re doing in order to help me out.
Thanks so much! The Money is now saving in-game, my bank and shop robbing system is now functioning and automatically saving. Thanks!
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